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UNITED STAL'IIISPATENT OFFt GEORGE ALLEN REYNOLDS, JR, 0]? IBINGHAMTON,NEW YORK.

noxsnnnss wgrnnow e'omn Application filed August 7, 1922, Serial No.526,365.

To. all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE ALLEN REY- NoLDs, Junior, of Binghamton, inthe county of Broome, in the State of New York, have invented new anduseful 'Im- Window Guides, of taken in connection with the accompanymgdrawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a noisless window guide of a class set forthin my pending ap-. plication, Serial No. 568,736, filed June 16, 1922,and to the method of making the same except that instead of-insertingtheform retaining wires into the felt guide strip before folding, theguide strip is first folded to the desired U-shaped cross-sectional formand then retained in that form by drivin previously formed staples fromthe back into the opposite sides or flanges of the fold in prongs of thestaples will lie wholly within the surfaces of the guide flanges toprevent contact of the glass with the metal staples.

,The object is to provide a more expeditious means for retalning theU-shaped form of a felt or equivalent window guide and at the same timepreserving its longitudinal flexibility without exposing any parts ofthe metal sta les to contact with the glass.

Other. dbjects and uses will be-brough't out in the followingdescription:

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a window guide embodying my invention.

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view of the same. i

Figure 3 is a perspective view of one of the detached staples.

As illustrated, this window guide comprises a strip 1 of felt orequivalent flexible'material capable of being bent into U- shapedcross-sectional form, to afford the desired lengthwise channel -2-, forreceiving the ad acent edge of a slidingwindow lass, not shown, butcommonly used in the oors and panels of automobiles and analogousplaces.

That is, the strip 1-, of felt, is cut to the required width upon a flatbody of the same material, of any while the strip is stil V gitudinalportlon of one side is channeled at 3, to a width correspondingapproximately to that re uired to form the channel 2, thereby ucing thethickness of the driving of the same into the desired length, and flat,the central lon- Benewed August 8, 1924.

and afterward bent into U-shaped form in a metal mold, as A-, to impartthe necessary symmetry thereto, and to facilitate the retention of theU-shaped cross-sectional form of the felt guide by the insertion of aseries of staples 5- thereinto from the back of the strip, so that theopposite arms of the staples may enter the opposite flanges gof thestrip between the inner and outer faces of said flanges. These staplesare driven into the felt strip in-longitudinally spaced relation topreserve the longitudinal flexibility of the strip after it is bent intoU-shaped form, while at the same time serving to retain the U-shapedform of the strip when removed from the mold -A-, to facilitate itsinsertion in the guide grooves of the wood frame, not shown.

As the staples are driven into the felt strip, the points, as ,-6, atthe ends of the o posite arms of the staples, contact with t e metalform A, and are deflected laterally to clinch them in the felt andthereby to prevent accidental removal of the staples therefrom, it'beingunderstood that the pressure upon each staple, caused by the felt, tendsto compress the felt sufficiently to enable the points of the staples toengage and be deflected laterally by contact with the metal form A, sothat when the clinching is completed, the natural expansive force of thepreviously compressed felt strip, tends to draw the points 6 back intothe felt away from the outer faces of the flanges -1, so that theopposite arms of the staples will be entirely concealed within, the

the staples to be embedded in the back of the strip with their outerfaces substantially coincident with the corresponding face of said back,where held by the clinching of the inner ends -6- in the felt.

What I claim is: v

1. A noiseless guide-strip for'glass windows, comprising a' strip ofpliable fabric material, bent into U-shaped cross-sectional form, andstaples driven from-the back side of the pliable material into the,opposite flanges thereof at intervals throughout the length of the stripto enable said strip to be flexed longitudinally While retaining its U-;

shaped cross-sectional form.

2. A noiseless guide-strip for glass Wmdows, cornprising a strip offelt, bent into U-shaped cross-sectional form, and staples driven fromthe back side of the felt into the opposite flanges thereof at intervalsthroughout the length of the strip, to enable said strip to be flexedlongitudinally while 20 GEORGE ALLEN REYNOLDS, JR.

Witnesses:

R. A. GRAY, vH. L. TAY.

